Supreme Court of Connecticut

State v. Wright

December 1, 2015

Summary

The court held that convicting and sentencing the defendant under two subdivisions of the aggravated-sexual-assault statute for the same incident did not violate double jeopardy. Although the subdivisions arose from one transaction, each required proof of a fact the other did not, and neither the statutory text nor legislative history clearly showed that the legislature intended only alternative sentencing enhancements. The court therefore affirmed the judgment.